Terrance Lazaroff on mon 6 aug 07
Let's cut the crap.
First dog s?%t is not desirable in the compost. It just happens.
I believe that people tend to analyze beauty in terms of their personal
likes and dislikes. These traits are developed from day on of our lives. I
believe one reason the word has been torn apart and defined is to
understand why more than one person likes the same object, sound or
movement.
To one person it may be the colors, to another it may be the mystery behind
the work, to another it may be way the object smells, and sadly to some,
the dollar value of the object is what is beautiful. Auctioneers love it
when more than one person finds beauty in a painting. That increases the
value of the item being sold.
Terrance
Lee Love on mon 6 aug 07
On 8/6/07, Terrance Lazaroff wrote:
> Let's cut the crap.
Here here!
> First dog s?%t is not desirable in the compost. It just happens.
If you have a garden you know this. I stand by my example of
nature as being the best expression of universal beauty.
> I believe that people tend to analyze beauty in terms of their personal
> likes and dislikes. These traits are developed from day on of our lives. I
> believe one reason the word has been torn apart and defined is to
> understand why more than one person likes the same object, sound or
> movement.
There are particulars in beauty and also universal qualities.
These exist in all human perceptions. If we ignore the relative,
we become dogmatic, thinking only we have a handle on the truth. If
we ignore the universal, we become flaky relativists. Believing what
ever we say is true just because we say it.
There are universal aspects because we all share the same
equipment of perception. There are particular aspects because there
is some variation of perceptive ability amongst individuals.
The non-essential differences verse the universal are
refered to by Shoji Hamada as style vs. feeling and by Cooleridge as,
fancy vs. imagination. Marketing is almost totally related to style
and fancy and consumer goods. Because these values are ever
changing, they encourage the throw-away society. On the other hand,
feeling and imagination run deeper across time, space and culture.
They support what lasts. So marketers are not so interested in them.
> when more than one person finds beauty in a painting. That increases the
> value of the item being sold.
You hit the nail on the head! Artist embrace the
relativistic perspective for monetary reasons and not aesthetic ones.
When art is reduced to being a commodity, it looses its highe/deeper
meaning.
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Lee in Mashiko, Japan
Minneapolis, Minnesota USA
http://mashikopots.blogspot.com/
"To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts." -
Henry David Thoreau
"Let the beauty we love be what we do." - Rumi
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